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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011
... Sentiment fell 8.3 per cent in July to 92.8, from 101.2 in June. "The weak consumer sentiment data we saw was negative for the Aussie in the environment where investors are becoming more concerned about what's happening with the eurozone debt crisis," ...

Boing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... all those US retailers' sales are bouncing) and where mark-ups are less. The Melbourne Institute reported last month that Aussie retailers' mark-up on their goods is a whopping 65% -- and that's just the average. And then there's policy uncertainty -where ...

Not in the mood for bad news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2011
... way to jump. They can't risk being wrong-footed by the US employment numbers for June -- set for release Friday night (Aussie time). This, and the start of the US company reporting season, would set the tone for equities over the coming weeks.

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... local unit traded between 106.74 US cents and 107.25 US cents. RBC Capital Markets senior economist Su-Lin Ong said the Aussie dollar was a "little softer" following the release of weaker than expected Chinese manufacturing activity for June. China's ...

Deposits may shield Aussie banks from Greek debt crisis fallout

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
The Greek debt crisis is increasing the cost of funding for Australia's Big Four banks, but credit market experts say rising deposit rates are counteracting the threat. As the sovereign debt crisis in Europe continues to drag on with a 12 billion Euro ...

Demand rises for Aussie bonds and cash: AMP

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
The flight to safety has returned with fixed income increasing in popularity and mandates flowing to diversified fixed interest, AMP capital said today. Ben Harrop, AMP Capital's Head of Retail Distribution, leads a team that manages $38 billion in ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011
... in US equities," he said. "There was a reasonable bounce in some of the commodities and it was just enough to give the Aussie a bit of a bid tone today." Mr Rennie says the market will closely watch Chinese May trade data due out during Friday's local ...

All good but for the dollar A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
The global community was not in the least perturbed by the release of Australia's National Accounts that showed real GDP fell by 1.2 per cent in the March quarter. Not even the fact that the economic slump in the first three months of 2011 was bigger ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
... figures. "The market is a little bit optimistic today. We have people buying high yield currencies across the board, but the Aussie has failed to benefit because of the weaker data that was published yesterday," Ms Lien said from New York. "The Australian ...

Aussie downgrades likely as S&P reviews rating system

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... Perpetual, said he had been to a recent presentation on the issue and had interpreted that to be a likely outcome. "For the Aussie Four banks they didn't really say anything firm but the message that I got... is that there's a possible a one-notch downgrade ...